The Seventy-Two Caves were situated between Yao City and the empire. To ordinary people, the Seventy-Two Caves were an existence even stronger than a kingdom. Of course, to Ye Chu, the Seventy-Two Caves were nothing at this moment.
The Seventy-Two Caves consisted of a series of interconnected caverns, with free passage between them. The entire mountain had been hollowed out by these caves. Back then, Ye Chu and a group of wealthy young masters from the imperial capital had relied on the bizarre terrain to cause a huge commotion and leave safely.
Returning here, Ye Chu felt a sense of familiarity, which made him smile. Seeing the disciples of the Seventy-Two Caves rushing up because of their arrival, he casually waved his hand and swept them all out of the cave.
These people were completely no match for Ye Chu at this moment.
“Why did you bring me here? Although the Seventy-Two Caves are natural karst caves and serve as a natural barrier for ordinary people, with spiritual energy slightly denser than the outside world, they are after all close to the Yao Kingdom and belong to a remote and barren area.” Ye Chu looked at the stunningly beautiful woman in front of him and asked in confusion, truly unable to understand why she had brought him here.
Ruoshui did not speak. She waved her arms, and as those soft and beautiful arms moved, petals appeared one after another on her slender fingers. The petals were as stunning and beautiful as she was, and they surged towards the Seventy-Two Caves.
“Boom, boom.”
A rumbling roar instantly erupted. The Seventy-Two Caves began to shake, and the entire mountain trembled endlessly. Cracks appeared beneath the feet of Ye Chu and Ruoshui. Seeing the crack appear, Ruoshui grabbed Ye Chu’s hand and leaped down.
“Where is this?” Ye Chu appeared underground. Before him was a massive cavern filled with strange rocks. The rocks emitted light, illuminating the entire cavern brightly.
“This was once a secluded cultivation spot for the Great General!” Ruoshui replied to Ye Chu. “We came here to retrieve an item.”
“Great General Huo Zhenglin?” Ye Chu asked in doubt. “The unparalleled supreme expert of the empire?”
He was naturally no stranger to the Great General. Back then, Ye Chu had obtained the black iron in the General’s Tomb. Qing Wenting and the others had all benefited greatly from the General’s Tomb. In particular, Qing Wenting had obtained Huo Zhenglin’s essence of the primordial spirit. He had not seen her for so many years, and she was probably devoting all her heart to fusing with the Great General’s essence of the primordial spirit. The next time he saw her, he would surely see her completely transformed.
Ruoshui nodded. “This is his dojo!”
Ye Chu took a deep breath. He had not expected the Great General’s dojo to be beneath the Seventy-Two Caves. An unparalleled expert was an extraordinary figure, and his dojo was naturally extraordinary. No wonder it felt somewhat different after entering.
“How did you find this place?” The dojo of every unparalleled expert was extraordinary and a place desired by many cultivators. However, unparalleled experts possessed extraordinary strength, and it was easy for them to conceal their dojos, so very few people could find them. Therefore, the dojos of unparalleled experts appeared extremely precious.
“While searching for an item, I accidentally learned that it was related to the Great General. Through various ancient texts, I found out about this place!” Ruoshui answered Ye Chu. With graceful steps, she walked to the centre of the cavern. Her gaze fell on the centre of the stone cave, where there were some stone lotus pods flashing with a stony light, looking very beautiful.
“This is the place!” Looking at these lotus pods, her stunningly beautiful face bloomed with a smile. Her slender and crystal-clear fingers tapped gently. The lotus pods were covered by laws and began to burst open.
As the stones burst open one by one, a green lotus pod was nurtured within the stone lotus pod in the very centre. This lotus pod was not made of stone, but was a real lotus pod.
“Jade Abyss Lotus Pod!”
Ye Chu looked at the green lotus pod, his heart trembling. He recognised this thing with just one glance. Back then, the old lunatic had told him about some treasures between heaven and earth. Things that could be spoken from the mouth of the old lunatic were naturally extraordinary, and the Jade Abyss Lotus Pod was one of them.
This kind of thing was nurtured among mountain jade, but not ordinary mountain jade. It could only be nurtured within a jade vein stretching for ten thousand miles, deep in the abyss of ten thousand miles beneath the jade vein.
This lotus pod absorbed the essence of jade from ten thousand miles and was nurtured in a special environment, forming its own Dao upon emergence. It possessed magical effects. It was rumoured that an ordinary cultivator could easily reach the Emperor Realm after consuming a single lotus seed. If one had enough Jade Abyss Lotus Pods to consume, one could even reach the Law Realm.
This could be considered a secret treasure for cultivators, a precious item for cultivators to take a shortcut. However, this kind of thing was extremely hard to find. It rarely appeared in the world, but Ye Chu had not expected to encounter it here.
Ye Chu could not help but feel his heart trembling violently. If he could consume the lotus seeds, he would have hope to seize the creation of heaven and earth.
But soon, Ye Chu was disappointed. Because he found that although this was a Jade Abyss Lotus Pod, the lotus seeds inside were gone. Only an empty lotus pod shell was left.
“Although the Jade Abyss Lotus Seeds have wonderful uses, you do not need them. It is not too difficult for you to reach the Law Realm, it just takes some time, so there is no need to feel regret for this. It is enough to get this Jade Abyss Lotus Pod shell on this trip.” Ruoshui said to Ye Chu.
Ye Chu nodded. Although he felt a pity in his heart, thinking of the magic of the Jade Abyss Lotus Pod, he figured that the remaining item must also be extraordinary.
After Ruoshui took away the Jade Abyss Lotus Pod, the place that was originally full of lotus pod strange stones suddenly cracked open, and a jade tablet rose from the earth.
There was nothing on the jade tablet, only a pattern of black iron. Seeing this black iron pattern, Ye Chu’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.
His mind instantly fell upon the jade tablet. The black iron was too mysterious, and Ye Chu had no clues at all. This was the first time he had found something related to the black iron.
“Nurtured by heaven and earth, creation turns it into a spirit! Obtained by fate, success? Or failure!”
Looking at this sentence, Ye Chu’s mind trembled, and he stared blankly at this line of words. He did not know what it meant.
“Black Iron Holy Object!” Ruoshui looked at that piece of black iron, and her beautiful eyes also shot out bright light.
“Do you know this thing?” Ye Chu asked Ruoshui curiously.
“This black iron once allowed a cultivator to become a Supreme and forge the strongest Primordial Spirit Supreme Law. The Great General once obtained the Supreme Law and relied on the black iron to become a Supreme. Outsiders call this black iron the Black Iron Holy Object, but its origin is only known to be nurtured by heaven and earth, and no one knows exactly what divine effects it has.” Ruoshui said. “What I just do not understand is, why did he say success or failure for such a holy object!”
Ye Chu did not understand this sentence either, and he frowned as he looked at the stone tablet.
“This concerns Supremes and also concerns unparalleled experts. Forget it, this thing has no fate with either you or me. Ignore it!” Ruoshui said to Ye Chu.
Hearing these words, Ye Chu could not help but smile bitterly. He thought to himself, what do you mean no fate? This black iron had already turned into a nether spring in his qi sea. Not knowing its origin really made one feel uneasy.